A challenge with time, not solutions

In How to train for slices, I’ve set up a backs move session. In this session, I’m planning to introduce a new play to the players, which will hopefully be part of their backs moves armoury.

Traditionally, backs moves are practised unopposed for quite a while before they are put into game contexts. They are only moved onto these game-realistic situations once they have been “mastered”. Yet, we all know from experience that they are rarely mastered and often, the players struggle to complete the play under sustained pressure in training.

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